Slashdot reader BrianFagioli writes: Florida International University researchers have developed a technique called JaiLIP (Jailbreaking with Loss-guided Image Perturbation) that uses subtle image modifications to bypass AI safety guardrails. Unlike traditional jailbreaks that rely on carefully crafted prompts, the attack works through images that appear normal to human viewers. The researchers tested the technique against BLIP-2, a multimodal AI model, and found that manipulated images significantly increased the likelihood of harmful responses. According to the study, the approach outperformed previous image-based jailbreak methods and nearly doubled the number of unsafe outputs generated during testing. The findings highlight a potential security risk for businesses deploying AI systems that process both images and text. While most discussions about AI safety focus on prompts, the research suggests that seemingly harmless images may also serve as an attack vector.
There's a deadly, record-breaking heat wave spreading east across Europe, reports the Washington Post — and it's even worse than a dire earlier forecast:
The forecast was recorded in 2014 as part of a campaign coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) that invited about 60 presenters worldwide to imagine a weather report from the year 2050. In one clip, Ãvelyne Dhéliat from French television network TF1 presented a hypothetical scenario of high temperatures 36 years into the future — during a heat wave in a warmer climate in 2050... One of the maps that Dhéliat shared was lit up in shades of orange, filled with temperature predictions of 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), reaching as high as 43 degrees Celsius (109.4 degrees Fahrenheit).
But it turns out, it didn't take 36 years for those imagined temperatures to be reached — and even exceeded. The heat on Wednesday alone, when the temperature soared as high as 112.3 degrees Fahrenheit (44.3 degrees Celsius), exceeded the 2050 projections in 19 out of 34 locations across mainland France — far sooner than some may have expected. Some places surpassed those hypothetical future temperatures by more than 20 degrees Fahrenheit. It's part of a dramatic shift in heat wave frequency across the country. Half of the heat waves observed since 1947 have occurred since 2010. "By 2100, heat waves could last up to two months continuously," the country's weather agency, Météo-France, said this week.
It was hotter in France on Wednesday than in Las Vegas and Phoenix and just two degrees Fahrenheit shy of what was observed in Death Valley, California. An estimated less than one percent of the planet was hotter than France's hottest place... [T]he heat dome, which will linger into early next week, is only part of the story. This type of extreme heat is becoming more common as the planet warms, especially in Europe.
Climate scientist Robert Rohde said in a post explaining the heat wave's causes that France and Western Europe should expect many more heat waves like this over the coming decades. "This isn't a fluke, but simply part of the new normal," he said.
Thanks to Slashdot reader fjo3 for sharing the news.
While wonderful and typical theatre, it was plainly ridiculous. “I’m back!” roared Cristiano Ronaldo, as if playing a key part in Portugal’s dismissal of Uzbekistan was in any way significant. Ronaldo toiled against DR Congo and was comfortably kept quiet here by Colombia. The stars have turned up at this World Cup. Ronaldo, though, still has a way to go if seeking to prove his omnipresence at this tournament will not hinder Portuguese hopes of glory.
Nobody other than Father Time has chased down Ronaldo. An alternative quote, from Trainspotting, feels more apposite than what the 41-year-old bawled into a camera as Uzbekistan were swatted aside. “Well, at one time, you’ve got it, then you lose it, and it’s gone for ever,” observed Sick Boy in an Edinburgh park. Add Ronaldo to a list that, as per the film scene, includes David Bowie, Lou Reed, Charlie Nicholas and Malcolm McLaren. Eclectic company. Ronaldo actually wants to be in the same discussion as Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland. He once was. Now? It is a tricky point to enforce.
Latest attack follows civilian deaths on both sides of Russia-Ukraine border on Saturday. What we know on day 1,585
A ballistic missile attack was under way in Kyiv early Sunday, with the city’s mayor warning residents to remain in shelters. “Air defence forces are operating in the capital. Remain in shelters!”, the capital’s mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. Explosions and several flashes in the sky have been reported.
The attack follows civilian deaths on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine border on Saturday. Russian strikes in Dnipropetrovsk in central-eastern Ukraine and the northern Sumy region killed two people, while Ukraine launched attacks on Volgograd and Belgorod in Russia’s southwest, and Horlivka, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, which is controlled by Moscow. Three people were killed in the attacks, regional authorities said.
In the Russian border region of Bryansk, a Ukrainian drone strike on Saturday killed two people in their car in a village near the border, the region’s acting governor Yegor Kovalchuk said on Telegram. Russia’s defence ministry, quoted by Russian news agencies, said 124 Ukrainian drones had been downed over Russian regions over a period extending from 8 am to 8pm.
More than 40 drone strikes and artillery fire had killed one person and injured one near Nikopol, according to the governor of the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region in Ukraine, Oleksandr Ganzha. The town, lying on the opposite bank of the Dnipro River from the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, is a frequent Russian target.
Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday he would resign within weeks and the country would hold early presidential and parliamentary elections, after 18 months of anti-government protests about government corruption and media censorship. Serbia is a candidate to join the European Union but it is under pressure from the West to align with EU sanctions on Russia, a step Belgrade has so far declined to take. It must also improve its rule of law, including conditions for fair elections, and root out corruption and organised crime.
Russian president Vladimir Putin and Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko held talks on Friday, according to the Kremlin, and discussions were expected to have focused on the war in Ukraine. Meeting at Putin’s Valdai residence in northwestern Russia, the two leaders addressed trade and economic cooperation, the implementation of joint projects and issues of regional security. The meeting follows a warning earlier this month from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Lukashenko to remove equipment from Belarus used by Russia in its attacks on Ukraine.
And the mobile networks are unreachable atm. But we have electricity and fiber internet so I'll manage. Time to again open all doors and windows and let the 'cool" outside replace the 30 something from the bedroom.
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The garden is full of torn off branches, and our cat turned up after the Armageddon, completely dry, I on the other hand soaked cause I had been looking for her. And she won't show me her secret hideout.
AMSTERDAM (ANP) - In Amsterdam zorgt het noodweer voor veel wateroverlast. De veiligheidsregio vraagt mensen de hulpdiensten alleen nog te bellen bij direct gevaar, om zo de meldkamer niet te overbelasten.
Door de aanhoudende regen komen er tientallen meldingen binnen. De veiligheidsregio vreest dat de meldkamer daardoor onvoldoende beschikbaar wordt voor spoedeisende gevallen en doet het verzoek alleen nog te bellen bij gevaarlijke situaties, zoals die waarbij water en elektriciteit zijn betrokken.
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Model
Net Weight
Open Dimensions
Folded Dimensions
EazyFlow Bty 65S
1.12kg
650×650×255mm
530×162×52mm
EazyFlow Bty 65W
1.14kg
650×650×255mm
530×162×52mm
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1.36kg
850×850×255mm
653×162×52mm
EazyFlow Bty 85W
1.42kg
850×850×255mm
653×162×52mm
We have not tested these personally, but there is no question – modifying light always leads to better images (depending on what look you’re after, but most of the time!)
Het is voor het eerst sinds het jaar 2000 dat het record in handen is van een Nederlandse. Toen zwom Inge de Bruin de snelste tijd op de afstand. In totaal hebben nu vier Nederlandse vrouwen het record in handen gehad.
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